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I'm ready for my close-up: the films of Rex Bloomstein

by: Alex Fitch

Publication date: 2009-02-26

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: Alex Fitch, Rex Bloomstein, Traitors to Hitler, KZ, An Independent Mind, Imperial War Museum

Alex Fitch talks to director Rex Bloomstein about his films "Traitors to Hitler" (1979), "KZ" (2006) and "An Independent Mind" (2008) in advance of a screening of Traitors at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Notes

Press release: A special episode of Resonance FM's film show "I'm ready for my close-up". Alex Fitch talks to director Rex Bloomstein about his films "Traitors to Hitler" (1979), "KZ" (2006) and "An Independent Mind" (2008) in advance of a screening of "Traitors..." at the Imperial War Museum as part of a weekend of films and talks about the 1944 Bomb plot to kill Hitler (including a screening of Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise); Alex and Rex talk about documenting persecution and freedom of speech on film and notions of psychogeography in the documentary process.